Air Hammers
Air Hammers
Air Hammers
First Steam
hammer
made in the US
in 1845
Types of
Air/Steam hammers
and extractors
Pipe piles
Drive cap
repair Follower for
driving pile into
items For repairing broken cones the ground
Hammers Steam
goes in
Single-acting steam/air hammers here
are gravity, or drop hammers, for
which the hoist line has been
replaced by a pressurized fluid –
steam or air. Ram
Ram point
Cushion
Drive cap
Pile
Single acting air/steam principle: Vulcan
Maintenance
Single Acting
Air/Steam:
Vulcan
Maintenance
Single Acting
Air/Steam:
Vulcan
Maintenance
Vulcan McDermid Base
for Wood piles only
Vulcan Single
Acting:
Base/cylinder
column hole repair
Vulcan Single
Acting:
Field Service
Manual
Column Repair
McDermid
Base
for
2, 1, 106, 06
including
parts detail
Vulcan Single
Acting:
Field Service Manual
Outboard bracket
shims
Vulcan Single
Acting:
Field Service
Manual
Stud
Installation
Vulcan Single
Acting:
Field Service Manual
Assembly procedures
and
torque
specifications
Vulcan Single
Acting:
Field Service Manual
Safety issues
Differential
acting steam/air
hammer
Comparison Single vs Differential
SINGLE ACTING
Differential
Acting
Air/Steam hammer
Heavy ram
short stroke
concept
Vulcan
Single Acting
Air/Steam
Hammer:
Vulcan
Lubrication
requirements
How do I know how much energy a
differential acting hammer is
delivering?
By counting Blows per Minute and
referring to an energy chart!
Energy
Delivery:
Vulcan
Double Acting Air Hammers
MKT
Double-acting
Air Hammers
•McKiernan-Terry Corp.
In the MKT valve chest air can enter through two passages
at the proper time into the power cylinder. One passage
leads to the underside of the Piston and the other passage
leads to the topside of the Piston. The valve chest also has a
port for exhausting the spent fluid. The Operating Cycle
starts like this – the spool valve opens a path for the air
inlet to the underside of the ram and at the same time
opens an exhaust path to the topside of the piston. The ram
rises until the upper balancing port is sealed and the lower
balancing port is open. The pressures on the ends of the
spool valve become unequal and the valve is pushed to the
down position. The inlet path is then opened to the topside
of the Piston and the underside of the Piston is open to the
exhaust port. The Piston moves down, first closing the
lower balancing port, and then opening the upper
balancing port. This action creates an unbalanced pressure
at the lower end of the spool valve and the valve is thrown
upwards and the operating cycle is repeated.
MKT
Double-
acting Air
Hammers
• 9B3
• 10B3
• 11B3